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BERTHOLLET paddle corvette (1851)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Berthollet     Arsenal de Rochefort 7/1849 7.7.1850 5/1851 stricken 3.1866

 

Displacement normal, t

1509

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

61.3 pp

Breadth, m

10.6

Draught, m

4.54 mean

No of shafts

side wheels

Machinery

sails + 1 SE direct acting, 4 tubular boilers

Power, h. p.

1046

Max speed, kts

10.9

Fuel, t

coal 319 max

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML

Complement

163

Project history: 400nhp 1st class paddle corvette, wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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